“Do you worry at all that non-believers may feel excluded and diminished
at a time when we’re so divided about so much?”— Katie Couric to The Nativity Story’s Catherine Hardwicke and
Mike Rich in a December 4, 2006 CBS Evening News story about
Hollywood movies based on Biblical themes. [84 points]

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“As the throngs of celebrities greeted Al Gore as a secular saint, I
wondered if this might usher in a backlash against
environmentalists....It seems like we’re reaching critical mass when it
comes to this issue. And all the experts agree. Well, almost every
expert. (There are a handful of scientists — many of them on the payroll
of big oil companies — who wonder if global warming is a reality.) But
my fervent hope is that Hollywood’s embrace of Al Gore doesn’t give
people an excuse to condemn and mock the effort — and oppose taking
steps that we as a society need to take to deal with the issue of
climate change.”— Anchor Katie Couric writing about the Oscars on her CBSNews.com
blog, “Couric & Co.,” February 26. [69]

“More than 46 million Americans have no health insurance. So when it
comes to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and good health, all
men are not created equal.”— Katie Couric introducing a story about a doctor who cares for poor
patients, March 12 CBS Evening News. [37]